The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, a prestigious stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold circuit, is set to showcase a stellar lineup of Olympic and world champions. Taking place on Sunday, February 2, the event will feature some of the biggest names in track and field, including Noah Lyles, Grant Holloway, Masai Russell, Julien Alfred, Raj Benjamin, and world indoor record holder Devynne Charlton. With intense rivalries and record-breaking performances expected, fans can anticipate an electrifying competition in one of the premier indoor athletics meetings of the season.
Lyles will return to Boston to defend his title. The Olympic and world 100m champion began his 2024 season with a victory in the 60m at the Boston meeting, clocking a personal best of 6.44, following previous wins in 2022 (6.56) and 2023 (6.51). He later claimed his first US indoor title in Albuquerque, improving his PB to 6.43, just two weeks before securing two world indoor silver medals in Glasgow in the 60m (6.44) and 4x400m relay (3:02.60).
Lyles has run under 6.48 four times in his career and narrowly defeated Christian Coleman by one-hundredth of a second (6.43) at the 2024 US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque. The 27-year-old sprinter opened his 2025 indoor season with a 6.62 win in Gainesville last week.
Lyles will face Marcell Jacobs, who will make his North American indoor debut in Boston. Jacobs became the first Italian sprinter to win Olympic gold in the 100m when he triumphed in Tokyo 2021, setting a European record of 9.80. Just days later, he secured another Olympic gold in the 4x100m relay (37.50). Jacobs also claimed gold at the European Indoor Championships (2021, 6.47) and the World Indoor Championships (2022, 6.41). Last summer, he won his second consecutive European outdoor gold in 10.02 and finished fifth in the Olympic final in Paris (9.85). This will be Jacobs’ first 60m race since winning silver at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
This race will mark the first indoor clash between Lyles and Jacobs after three outdoor 100m encounters, all won by Lyles, including races in the Paris Diamond League, the 2023 World Championships semifinal, and the Paris Olympic final.
The field includes five athletes with sub-6.46 PBs:
World and Olympic 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway aims to secure his fourth consecutive Boston victory, following wins in 2022 (7.37), 2023 (7.38), and 2024 (7.35). Holloway, the two-time world indoor champion, set eight of the nine fastest times in history and improved his world indoor record to 7.27 at the US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque. He has also remained unbeaten in the indoor 60m hurdles since 2014.
Holloway will face Freddie Crittenden (World Championships fourth-place finisher, 13.16 PB) and Trey Cunningham (World silver medalist, racing for the first time since July 2024).
Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred will make her 300m debut in Boston. Alfred, who won the 60m world indoor title in Glasgow with 6.98, holds the second-fastest 60m time in history (6.94). She claimed the Olympic 100m gold in a national record of 10.72 and added silver in the 200m (22.08).
Alfred will race against her training partner Dina Asher-Smith (European 100m champion) and Lynna Irby-Jackson (2024 Boston Indoor third-place finisher, PB 35.99).
Reigning Olympic 100m hurdles champion Masai Russell will compete against world indoor champion and record holder Devynne Charlton. Russell won in Lubbock (7.89), narrowly beating Charlton (7.93). Charlton, who set a world indoor record (7.67) at the Millrose Games, later broke it again (7.65) to win the world indoor title in Glasgow. Russell claimed the US Olympic Trials title (12.25 PB) before winning Olympic gold in Paris (12.33).
The field also includes Ackera Nugent (Jamaican Trials champion, PB 12.24) and Grace Stark (NCAA indoor champion, 7.78 PB).
Olympic 400m hurdles champion Raj Benjamin returns to Boston for the first time since 2021. Benjamin, the Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo (46.17) and gold medalist in Paris (46.46), will take on Vernon Norwood (four-time Olympic medalist) and Matthew Boling (World Indoor silver medalist in the 4x400m relay).
USA’s Mikiah Brisco (2024 Boston Indoor champion, PB 6.99) will face Zoe Hobbs (Oceanian record holder, 7.06).
Double Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher (5000m and 10,000m) will debut in the 1500m against world champion Jake Wightman, US record holder Josh Hoey, and Commonwealth Games champion Oliver Hoare.
World record holder Jessica Hull (2000m, 5:19.70) will take on British Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Bell. Also in the mix are NCAA champion Parker Valby and Italian record holder Synthayeu Vissa.
Reigning world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel will clash with Irish record holder Mark English and Spanish record holder Elvin Canales.
2022 World Indoor champion Jereem Richards will compete against rising US star Quincy Wilson (U18 world record holder, 44.20).
Two-time Olympic bronze medalist Jasmine Moore headlines the event.
Jamaica’s Romaine Beckford will compete against Bahamian veteran Donald Thomas (2007 world champion) and Vernon Turner (PB 2.33m).
The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix promises thrilling head-to-head matchups between Olympic and world champions, setting the stage for an electrifying event in Boston.